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[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 months ago

And then you get drunk again and forget them, rinse and repeat.

Physiological dependence ends within weeks, and they say after that people relapse basically because their life is bad and they miss being a checked-out junkie. OP's response kind of reinforces that; they have a life now, and they enjoy it, so they don't want to go back.

Obviously from everyone else's perspective it doesn't help. That and your reasoning are basically why I've stayed away from drugs and alcohol completely (and avoided caffeine), but I pride myself on being open-minded. As weird as it sounds, I need to at least consider that the guy on the piss-soaked mattress might have a point, or I'm not being intellectually honest.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Being a drunk is great fun. For a time. Then it stops working, and you're left with the original problems, plus a bunch of additional misery.

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